Tagged strike

Opinion
by Bill McEwen
The inevitable question after intense and protracted labor negotiations is, who won?
The cut-and-paste answer also is predictable: everyone.
The losers say it to save face. The winners — recognizing that there wil...

Multiple sources told GV Wire on Wednesday morning that Fresno Unified leaders and the Fresno Teachers Association have struck a deal on a new three-year contract.
Negotiators for both sides worked until 5 a...

Fresno Unified and its teachers concluded a second day of fact-finding hearings Tuesday in an effort to resolve their current impasse in contract negotiations. Although the hearings have ended, the two sides are meeting again today to continue discussions.
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Opinion
By Bill McEwen
California's union teachers are tired and frustrated. They believe they are underpaid and underappreciated. They are also committed to getting significant raises and a bigger s...

The Fresno Unified school board meets Wednesday (Oct. 25) and will be asked to vote to give Superintendent Bob Nelson emergency powers in case the threatened teachers’ strike happens.
Some of these powers ar...

Opinion
by Bill McEwen
The last thing our city needs is a teachers' strike.
A strike says many things, none of them good.
It paints a picture of an organization in turmoil and filled with distrust.
When that organization is a school district...

The loneliest place at a Fresno mega-church was the microphone designated for the opposition, clad with a red card. The only Fresno Teachers Association union member brave enough to approach the auditory device...